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Argentina
A combined view of Argentina's UN General Assembly speeches, treaty commitments, and voting record.
The narrative paragraphs below are AI-generated syntheses of the data shown — the tables and figures themselves come directly from the underlying records, not from the AI.
Compare with another country →Speech history
Argentina's UN rhetoric has undergone a dramatic ideological reversal over two decades. From 2006 to 2021, speeches combined passionate multilateralism (averaging 70+ on the multilateralism scale) with concrete domestic narratives on debt restructuring, human rights accountability, and persistent grievances over the Malvinas and AMIA bombing. The tone remained emotionally intense and self-referential throughout this period, balancing criticism of international institutions with appeals for reformed global cooperation. However, 2024–2025 marked a sharp break: under a new administration, Argentina's rhetorical posture inverted dramatically, pivoting to anti-collectivist, libertarian critiques of UN overreach and multilateral consensus itself (multilateralism scores plummeted to 12–14), while emotional intensity remained high and concrete policy commitments nearly vanished.
| Session | Multilateralism | Emotional intensity | Concreteness | Self-accountability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2007 | High | High | High | High |
| 2008 | High | High | High | High |
| 2009 | High | Very High | High | Medium |
| 2010 | Medium | High | High | High |
| 2011 | High | High | High | Medium |
| 2013 | Medium | Very High | High | High |
| 2015 | High | Very High | High | High |
| 2017 | High | Medium | High | Medium |
| 2018 | High | Medium | Medium | High |
| 2020 | Very High | High | High | Medium |
| 2021 | High | High | High | High |
| 2022 | High | High | Medium | Medium |
| 2023 | High | High | Medium | Low |
| 2024 | Very Low | Very High | Low | Medium |
| 2025 | Very Low | High | Medium | Low |
Treaty status
Full treaty record →Argentina maintains strong and broad treaty engagement across all major domains, having ratified 23 of 24 tracked agreements spanning environmental protection, human rights, arms control, and international justice. The country has notably embraced comprehensive environmental commitments, including the Paris Agreement and all major hazardous-substance conventions, as well as core human rights instruments and the Rome Statute. The sole exception—no action on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons—reflects a modest reservation rather than active resistance, consistent with Argentina's otherwise expansive treaty ratification profile.
Arms control & security
- Arms Trade TreatyRatified
- Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban TreatyRatified
- Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their DestructionRatified
- Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsNo action
Environment & climate
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their DisposalRatified
- Convention on Biological DiversityRatified
- Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone LayerRatified
- Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeRatified
- Minamata Convention on MercuryRatified
- Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone LayerRatified
- Paris AgreementRatified
- Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International TradeRatified
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic PollutantsRatified
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in AfricaRatified
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeRatified
Human rights
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or PunishmentRatified
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against WomenRatified
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesRatified
- Convention on the Rights of the ChildRatified
- International Covenant on Civil and Political RightsRatified
International justice
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal CourtRatified
Trade & governance
- United Nations Convention against CorruptionRatified
- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized CrimeRatified
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the SeaRatified
Voting record
Full voting record →Argentina votes with overwhelming consensus across its 5,694 recorded General Assembly votes (81.5% yes, 3.1% no, 13.6% abstain), indicating broad alignment with majority positions. However, recent dissents mark a notable pattern: a 1992 vote against the Antarctica resolution was an isolated outlier, but five consecutive no votes in December 2025 on sustainable development, poverty eradication, financial inclusion, and investment promotion suggest a recent ideological shift toward rejecting development-focused multilateral consensus. This clustering aligns with the sharp anti-multilateralist pivot evident in 2024–2025 speeches.
Notable dissents from consensus
Question of Antarctica : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1992-12-09 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Information and communications technologies for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2025-12-15 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Implementation of the 3rd United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018-2027) : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2025-12-15 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Financial inclusion for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2025-12-15 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Promoting investments for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2025-12-15 · voted N · 99% voted yes
Human development
Full HDI record →Human Development Index: 0.865 (Very High), ranked #47 globally in 2023.
Combines life expectancy, education, and income into one comparable score, 0 to 1. Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 — deterministic figures, not AI-generated.
1990–2023